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Meet the Team
PHOTO: OCEAN IMAGE BANK/GREGORY PIPER
OVAI is led by an interdisciplinary team from MBARI, Ocean Discovery League, CeNCOOS, CVision AI, and Purdue University.
LEADERSHIP
CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Rogers
Software Engineer
Dingo Sky, LLC
COLLABORATORS
Steven Brumby, Impact Observatory
Alexander Moen, National Geographic Society
Megan Cromwell, NOAA-NOS
Jenny de la Hoz, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dana Allen-Greil, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Alan Gershenfeld, E-Line Media
Karen Osborn, Smithsonian Institute
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Vineeth Balasubramian, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Sara Beery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tanya Berger Wolf, The Ohio State University, Wild Me
Elva Escobar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Judith Gobin, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Tammy Horton, World Register of Marine Species
Nuno Lourenco, +Atlantic CoLAB
Hassan Moustahfid, NOAA/IOOS
Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Stefan Williams, The University of Sydney
Grace Young, Tidal (Google X)
ENTHUSIASTS WORKING GROUP
Dan Kimura, Livestream Oceanographic
Davina Gifford, Livestream Oceanographic
Linda Ianniello, Blackwater Diving Group
Kristen Crossett, NOAA-OER
Emily Simpson, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Alison Fundis, Ocean Exploration Trust
Logan Mock, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Thom Linley, Armatus Oceanic (Deep Sea Podcast)
Meghan Paulson, Ocean Networks Canada
MARINE SCIENTISTS
WORKING GROUP
Dhugal Lindsay, JAMSTEC
Kerry Howell, University of Plymouth
Brian Kennedy, NOAA
Heidi Sosik, WHOI
Jean-Olivier Irisson, Sorbonne Université
Jessica Luo, NOAA-GFDL
Rainer Kiko, GEOMAR
Catherine Borremans, Ifremer
Elva Escobar, UNAM
Franzis Althaus, CSIRO, Hobart
Candice Untiedt, CSIRO
PROGRAMMERS WORKING GROUP
Blair Thornton, Univ. Southampton
Corinne Bassin, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Chris Jackett, CSIRO
Dan Buscombe, USGS
Kevin Koeser, GEOMAR
Ariell Friedman, Grey Bits
Jacquomo Monk, Univ. Tasmania
Jordan Pierce, NOAA